Aulnoye-Aymeries

Aulnoye-Aymeries
The church in Aymeries
Location of Aulnoye-Aymeries
Aulnoye-Aymeries
Aulnoye-Aymeries
Coordinates: 50°12′18″N 3°50′11″E / 50.205°N 3.8364°E / 50.205; 3.8364
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementAvesnes-sur-Helpe
CantonAulnoye-Aymeries
IntercommunalityCA Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Baudoux[1]
Area
1
8.66 km2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
8,612
 • Density994/km2 (2,580/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59033 /59620
Elevation125–151 m (410–495 ft)
(avg. 148 m or 486 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aulnoye-Aymeries (French pronunciation: [o(l)nwaɛm(ə)ʁi]; Picard: Auno-Aymeries) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It was established in 1953 by the merger of the former communes Aulnoye and Aymeries.[3]

Before the opening of the high-speed railway line between Brussels and Paris, the railway station of Aulnoye-Aymeries was a major junction, where the lines Paris–Brussels and Calais–Lille–Thionville connected.

Population

The population data given in the table and graph below for 1946 and earlier refer to the former commune of Aulnoye.

Twin towns

Aulnoye-Aymeries is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aulnoye-Aymeries, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE